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Vintage Camera #032

Laurence — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:04:12 +0000

Kodak No. 2 Folding Autographic Brownie I’ve had this model of Folding Brownie camera for many years; I’ve posted about it previously and I’ve used it previously, it didn’t go well. Recently though, I bought one on eBay that seemed to be in much better condition in the hope that I might get some better […]

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Vintage Camera #026

Laurence — Wed, 25 May 2022 22:47:55 +0000

Zorki 1 Type C Next out to play from my camera cabinet is one of several Soviet era cameras I bought. This is a 1953 Zorki 1 Type C. If you’ve seen my Pearl River post, you’ll be both pleased and unsurprised to learn that this camera is not as bad as that. I got […]

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Vintage Camera #017

Laurence — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:13:56 +0000

Pearl River 6×6 TLR Kicking off my efforts with the latest batch of purchases (New year, new…resolution?), which incidentally didn’t stop at 22, I went out with a Pearl River 6×6 twin lens reflex. Loaded with trusty HP5+ film I duly went ahead and took a few shots, all onto the same frame, before I […]

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Don’t get hung up on camera equipment

Laurence — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:08:00 +0000

So often I see, hear and read about people who always have to have the best and latest camera, or always need to upgrade their camera; in some ways I’m a culprit of this too…having upgraded digital SLRs twice in about twelve months, but now I’m going to stick with what I’ve got, which is […]

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Photo Project – Kodak Retina II S, 1959

Laurence — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:23:18 +0000

After a somewhat unsuccessful attempt with the Kodak Brownie as described in my previous post, I’ve decided to park that one for the moment. I have now moved on to the 1959 Kodak Retina II S, which I previously wrote about here: Vintage Camera #2, and has been my carry-around camera for the last three weeks. The first […]

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Photo Project – Kodak No 2 Folding Brownie

Laurence — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:08:38 +0000

I’ve been intending to get back into film photography for a long time. After completing an A Level in photography eight years ago, I rewarded myself with a second hand Digital SLR, and never picked up a film camera again. That has all changed now though. I couldn’t warrant the cost of paying £10-odd a […]

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Is photography Art?

Laurence — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 20:42:21 +0000

art ɑːt/ noun 1. the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be app On The Guardian’s website today, I read an article, obviously by a regular columnist, talking about the most expensive photograph ever to be sold, at $6.5m […]

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West Horsham Railway Station

Laurence — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 12:00:48 +0000

The old railway station at Christ’s Hospital, known as ‘West Horsham Christ’s Hospital’, was opened at the start of the 20th Century, at the time the Christ’s Hospital school relocated from London because they wanted more rural surroundings. The school contributed to the cost of constructing the station, which consisted of seven platforms when it […]

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WWII Tank Traps

Laurence — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:48:35 +0000

Yesterday I went exploring near Horsham, and discovered further World War II defences on the Arun-Ouse Stop Line; a small bridge crossing the river Arun west of Horsham was defended by two tank traps or ‘coffins’, designed to stop tanks from getting through and crossing the bridge. Another little experiment with off-camera flash, although I […]

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Try This: Light Painting

Laurence — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:57:10 +0000

So I’ve created a new category for my blog: “Try This“. Here I’m going to post occasional articles about projects for you to try, with tips and ideas. Make it a weekend project, or a day project, whatever you like. Tonight I’m going to suggest you try Light Painting. There are a number of different […]

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